#SpaceX
Orbital debris, loss of the night sky, unregulated extraction, and heavy elements in the atmosphere have now all been converted to an asset class.
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Rockets, markets, and the dangerous assumption that empty means available.
Scientific progress is built by people doing unglamorous work because they believe knowledge and evidence matter. The #NSB does its work quietly, competently, and far from the spotlight or political headlines—three qualities that have become oddly unfashionable in modern governance.
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Kelsey Johnson
FYI #SpaceX is leading an uncontrolled global-scale experiment in the upper atmosphere as satellites are vaporized in the upper atmosphere on reentry. The impact on atmospheric chemistry, aerosol microphysics, cloud formation, and radiative effects are not currently well understood.
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Lots of people asking me about #Artemis. As an astronomer who thinks a lot about humanity’s future in the universe, I’ll be blunt: We've no business advancing our footprint in space until we behave responsibly on Earth. The Manifest Destiny framing of space exploration drips with unchecked hubris.
My sense is that the overwhelming majority of people don't understand what the Artemis mission was really about, which is not space exploration but space exploitation. I've started up a Substack account and written a piece that isn't behind a paywall that I hope you will read and think about. 🚀✨🔭
The newly released UAP files say more about us than aliens.
kelseyjohnson367.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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Has terra nullius ever bothered you? Me too!
One of the quiet assumptions of modern life is that empty things are available things.
That logic shaped colonialism, environmental destruction, and now how we talk about the Moon and Mars.
I'd love for you to read my new essay.
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Kelsey Johnson
PSA
Poe’s Law in action. XKCD FTW.
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Firing the National Science Board is latest step in America’s growing contempt for expertise
